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The Izhora and Vod are two small Finnic ethnic groups living in the Leningrad Oblast, Russia. Although they numbered in the thousands during the 19th century, currently only a handful of elderly people identify themselves as members of these ethnic groups.

Hospitality can be tricky, as American Indians found out soon after Europeans arrived. As reported by the English chroniclers, in 1621, a group of colonists in Plymouth, Massachusetts and the Wampanoag Indians joined for a harvest feast after a harsh winter; it was the original American Thanksgiving. King Massasoit himself and some of his men had hunted deer to bring to the feast. Across America, Native Americans welcomed the Europeans with gifts and material support. Their hospitality uniformly backfired.

Plant yourself in the center of a multicultural, multilingual group of people of various ages, levels of education, and life experience, then dissect issues of culture, stereotyping, prejudice, and racism, and you just might find yourself nearing the precipice of insanity. We put emphasis on pride in culture and language, and our goal is to help our future students do the same. We admire that we are all special in our individualities and ethnicities. Nevertheless, the question lingers over us: At what point does pride become arrogance, ethnicity become exclusivity, and the left-out folks become radicalized? Can we discover something incredibly redeeming in such a multicultural muddle?

This article will examine why and when this difference becomes apparent. After all, we all have variations of the same body, and this isn’t meant to be a discussion about sex or pornography. By nudity I mean simply taking off your clothes and showing yourself as nature intended.

Throughout India, beautiful embroideries can be found on clothing, scarves and wall tapestries. Each embroidery has a special, significant and spiritual meaning. In the north west Indian state of Punjab, the special embroidery of the region is called Phulkari and has a special place in matrimonial traditions.

Television producer and businessmen Daniel Dean’s generosity and compassion towards others is nothing short of remarkable. The California native in his words “Strives to make the world a better place”. By my account, I believe he is well on his way.

Now days if you ask a 20-something how life is, they are liable to tell you within the first two sentences something about their virtual online life. One modern-day anthropologists and sociologists have noted that teenage boys would rather have an excellent profile on Facebook than own a car. Previously, teenage boys wanted to get a driver’s license and car as possible so they could attract a girlfriend. Today, it’s easier to attract a girlfriend by having a nice profile and high status on the social networking site.

Have you ever wondered how come people use titles such as “orange-American” and really, I’m being completely politically correct here, almost to the point of absurdity because there are no orange Americans. Still, why does everyone have to be a hyphenated-American? Did you know that President Teddy Roosevelt once said; “In this country we have no place for hyphenated-Americans.”

We all probably like to pride ourselves for being independent thinkers and doers – thinking and doing outside of the box that society has tried to put us, and confine us, in. Dream on. Nearly all of us conform to the norm and rest comfortably within that box because ultimately it’s too much effort to really be an outsider, a free thinker and doer due in part to the social consequences of being, well, different. Let’s face reality; most of us are sheep most of the time.

There are several different theories on how to deal with terrorist organizations and guerilla political warfare. In many regards it is recommended by folks like Henry Kissinger for instance that you reach out to these groups of dissenters and the discontented and have them join the political process. In that way you diffuse their power, listen to their grievances, and allow them to be involved with the political process moving forward. Of course, obviously you can see the problem with that, and it certainly is a messy situation.

Most all of us have heard of Maslow’s “Hierarchy of Needs” which states that people need such things as food, shelter, and clothing first, but then as they work themselves up the pyramid they find that they need respect from their fellow man, entertainment, and eventually they reach self-actualization. Still, I think perhaps it’s time to revise Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs in light of the results of the 2012 presidential election.

The Tibetan Epic of King Gesar is the longest myth in the world. This article explores the possibility that the myth may in fact be a prophecy rather than merely a myth.